What's inside the Virginia General Assembly's time capsule

A time capsule buried outside the new General Assembly building this week is stuffed with eclectic lawmaking keepsakes.

What's happening: The box will remain buried indefinitely, officials told the Times-Dispatch.

Here's some of what's inside, per House Clerk Paul Nardo's office:

🧷 Fourteen pins worn by lawmakers, pages and other officials in the Capitol.

🎄 Three Christmas ornaments commemorating the Executive Mansion.

📰 A copy of a Washington Post story about longtime Times-Dispatch photographer Bob Brown.

🐁 One wired computer mouse. (The inventory helpfully describes it as a "tan oval object with wire attached, this was the state of technology during initial use of computers in the General Assembly Building.")

🧪 One sealed Flow Flex COVID-19 Antigen Home Test.

😷 One sealed facemask.

The bottom line: What a time to be alive.